1964 Two headed Magician coin

[minkybodl]

I pulled what I thought was my second 64 from a box, flipped it over and saw that it was heads on both sides. When I dropped it, it clunked like I have never heard before. It looks real good, I can't see any cracks or marks on the outside to show how they made it and it is tight enough to not open easy. Never found a Magician coin before so I'm happy to have it. Trying to cool it down in the freezer now before shaking in a jar, it sounded hollow inside but hopefully there is another coin inside. If nothing else having a two sided coin might come in handy for heads or tails.

 

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[minkybodl]

Well that didn't work, tried shaking it in a plastic and glass jar. Maybe it is just a glued tight two headed coin?

 

[Mr. Silver Stash]

Here is what you could try, but you will probably due some damage to the coin. Throw the coin on its edge on the pavement (maybe a vinyl floor would be better) a bunch of times. Eventually it will open. The edge might get gnarly. One magician's coin opened for me in a couple throws, the other got messed up before it popped open.

 

[crhstreetwalker]

Here is what you could try, but you will probably due some damage to the coin. Throw the coin on its edge on the pavement (maybe a vinyl floor would be better) a bunch of times. Eventually it will open. The edge might get gnarly. One magician's coin opened for me in a couple throws, the other got messed up before it popped open.

I've had one of these sitting in my foreign coin pile from CRHing, and I got another one today. I just did this and they both popped open! Both of them have a reverse that pops out, and on one side is the kennedy half reverse and glued to it is a mexican peso! It's really weird. I'll try and get a picture of it up.

 

[minkybodl]

Thanks, I'll try it but our floors are all tile or carpet. Maybe I'll get a sheet of plywood and try throwing it against that. It sounds hollow and weighs a couple of grams light. Just tried it a bunch of times on my formica desktop but nothing.
Thanks again for the suggestion.

 

[BuffaloBoy]

definately not equal to the real thing, but I would take it for 50 cents

 

[TimZim]

I have a whole bag of them there worth nothing??

 

[The_EE]

I have a whole bag of them there worth nothing??

They are worth novelty price. I collect them now, I have 4 or 5 of them, two are 74'as my birth year. I figure it would be cool to have a large collection of gold plated and magician coins.

 

[Yinzi50]

You've got a gambler's trick coin, not a magician coin. Trick coin is not supposed to open up while magician coin is.
I would not try to open it up. I found a tail-tail made of two 1964 halves (the unique mintmark location and rim).

 

[minkybodl]

Here are pics of both sides. I couldn't get it to open, don't want to damage it but it does sound hollow. I like having it even if it doesn't open. I showed it to a couple of tellers who get me a lot of coins today.